**History StaffCenter for the Study of IntelligenceCentral Intelligence Agency1999**On the Front Lines of the Cold War:Documents on the IntelligenceWar in Berlin, 1946 to 1961
***Edited by Donald P. Steury***

Table of Contents**Preface**
**Introduction**
**I: The Opening of the Intelligence War****I-1: Damage to Berlin, 16 December 1943**
**I-2: Report on Berlin Operatins Base, 8 April 1948**
**I-3: Intelligence Disseminations of War Department Detachment, APO 403; 24 October 1946**
**I-4: Targets of German Mission, 10 January 1947**

**I-5: Points for [DCI Vandenburg's] Discussion with General Clay, 16 January 1947**
**I-6: Utilization of the Mass of Soviet Refugees, 19 April 1948**
**I-7: Instructions [for Gen. Lucien K. Truscott], 9 March 1951**
**I-8: Minutes of a Staff Conference in Munich, 26 October 1951**
**I-9: SMERSH Department of the Soviet Central *Kommandatura*, Berlin-Luisenstrasse, 19 December 1946**
**I-10: Reorganization of the RIS [Russian Intelligence Services] in Germany, 11 September 1947**
**I-11: Memorandum [concerning Gen. Leonid A. Malinin] for the Director, Central Intelligence, circa December 1947**
**II: The March Crisis and the Berlin Airlift****II-1: Memorandum for Chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff, General of the Army Omar Bradley, 31 July 1947**
**II-2: Memorandum for the President, 16 March 1948**
**II-3: ORE 22-48: Possibility of Direct Soviet Military Action During 1948, 2 April 1948**
**II-4: ORE 22-48: Addendum: Possibility of Direct Soviet Military Action During 1948-49, 16 September 1948**
**II-5: ORE 46-49: The Possibility of Direct Soviet Military Action During 1949, 3 May 1949**
**II-6: ORE 29-48: Possible Program of Future Soviet Moves in Germany, 28 April 1948**
**II-7: Memorandum for the President, 9 June 1948**
**II-8: ORE 41-48: Effect of Soviet Restrictions on the US Position in Berlin, 14 June 1948**
**II-9: CIA Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, Subject: Situation in Berlin, 28 June 1948**
**II-10: CIA Memorandum for the Secretary of Defense, Current Subject: Situation in Berlin, 30 June 1948**
**II-11: Memorandum for the President: Russian Directive Indicating Soviets Intend to Incorporate Berlin into the Soviet Zone, 30 June 1948**
**II-12: Information Report (IR): Russian Unilateral Dismissal and Appointment of Berlin Police Officials, 15 July 1948**
**II-13: CIA 7-48: Review of the World Situation, 14 July 1948**
**II-14: Memorandum for the President on the Situation in Berlin, 10 December 1948**
**II-15: Intelligence Report: Soviet Measures to Further Tighten the Sector Blockade in Berlin, 30 December 1948**
**II-16: Soviet Plans to Control the Western Sectors of Berlin, 6 January 1949**
**II-17: Information Report: SED Preparations for Illegal Work in Western Berlin, 7 March 1949**
**II-18: Information Report: Progress of the SED Membership Purge, 7 March 1949**
**II-19: CIA 5-49: Review of the World Situation As It Relates to the Security of the United States, 17 May 1949**
**III: June 1953****III-1: NIE 81: Probable Soviet Courses of Action with Respect to Germany through Mid-1954, 22 May 1953**
**III-2: SE 47: Probable Effect of Recent Developments in Eastern Germany on Soviet Policy with Respect to Germany, 24 July 1953**
**III-3: Comment on the East Berlin Uprising, 17 June 1953**
**III-4: Closing of Berlin Borders, 18 June 1953**
**IV: *Alltagsgeschichte*: Day to Day in the Intelligence War****IV-1: Current Intelligence Summary: The Soviet Establishment in Karlshorst Compound in East Berlin, 7 May 1959**
**IV-2: KGB in East Germany, April 1970**
**IV-3: Soviet Intelligence and Security: Lt. Gen. E. I. Pitovranov, 23 July 1958**
**IV-4: Activities of General Ivan A. Serov in Poland, 8 November 1958**
**IV-5: IR: Organization of the Soviet Intelligence Organs, 24 February 1955**
**IV-6: HVA Meeting Chaired by [Markus] Wolf, 2 February 1953**
**IV-7: HVA Meeting [Sondersitzung] chaired by [Markus] Wolf, 7 March 1953**
**IV-8: Pictures of Mischa Wolf, 9 April 1959**
**IV-9: IR: Markus Johannes Wolf, 11 October 1973**
**IV-10: IR: The Supply and Distribution of Foodstuffs, 3 December 1952**
**IV-11: IR: 1. SED Proposal of Restrictions on Escape from East Germany/2. Plants Guards, 5 December 1952**
**IV-12: IR: Establishment of Farm Cooperatives, 10 December 1952**
**IV-13: IR: SED Directives on Refugees . . ., 4 March 1953**
**IV-14: Memorandum to the DDI: Soviet Interference with Berlin Rail Access, 24 November 1956**
**V: The Berlin Tunnel****V-1: Field Project Outline, 16 September 1953**
**V-2: Memorandum for COM Frankfurt from COB Berlin: Progress Report--28 August through 17 October 1954**
**V-3: Memorandum for the Record, 29 November 1954**
**V-4: Clandestine Services History Program (CSHP) History: Soviet Discovery of the Berlin Tunnel, Appendix A, 15 August 1956)**
**V-5: CSHP History: Soviet Discovery of the Berlin Tunnel, (Tape Transcript), Undated**
**V-6: CSHP History of the Berlin Tunnel, "G. Berlin Tunnel," Undated**
**V-7: CSHP History of the Berlin Tunnel, "V. Production" [from the Berlin Tunnel Operation], Undated**
**V-8: CSHP History of the Berlin Tunnel, Appendix B: Recapitulation of the Intelligence Derived, Undated**
**VI: The Berlin Crisis****VI-1: Current Intelligence Weekly Summary (CIWS): USSR Threatens Western Position in Berlin, 13 November 1958**
**VI-2: CIWS: Internal Situation in East Germany, 11 December 1958**
**VI-3: SNIE 100-13-58: Soviet Objectives in the Berlin Crisis, 23 December 1958**
**VI-4: CIWS: The Berlin Situation, 15 January 1959**
**VI-5: Cable: Current Status Report Soviet Compound Karlshorst . . ., 16 January 1959**
**VI-6: Cable: Current Status Report Soviet Intelligence Services East Germany, 21 January 1959**
**VI-7: Cable: B[e]rl[i]n Sitrep, 11 February 1959**
**VI-8: CIWS: Communist Tactics Against West Berlin, 5 February 1959**
**VI-9: CIWS: Flight of Refugees From East Germany, 12 February 1959**
**VI-10: SNIE 100-2-59: Probable Soviet Courses of Action Regarding Berlin and Germany, 24 February 1958**
**VI-11: CIWS: USSR Prepares to Vacate East Berlin, 5 March 1959**
**VI-12: CIA Memorandum: Soviet and Other Reactions to Various Courses of Action in the Berlin Crisis, 27 March 1959**
**VI-13: IR: Soviet Officials' Comments on the Berlin Situation, 6 April 1959**
**VI-14: CIWS: The Problem of Western Access to Berlin, 30 April 1959**
**VI-15: CIWS: Foreign Ministers' Talks, 21 May 1959**
**VI-16: SNIE 100-7-59: Soviet Tactics on Berlin, 11 June 1959**
**VI-17: Memorandum: US Negotiating Position on Berlin, 1959-62, 13 July 1959**
**VI-18: CIWS: East German Pressure for Access Control Appears Suspended, 27 August 1959**
**VI-19: SNIE 100-5-60: The Soviet Attitude and Tactics on the Berlin Problem, 22 March 1960**
**VI-20: CIWS: Khrushchev's Strategy on Berlin, 18 August 1960**
**VII: The Wall****VII-1: Memorandum for the DDI: Subject: The Berlin Situation, 1 November 1957**
**VII-2: CIWS: East Germany May Move Against Berlin Sector "Border Crossers," 28 May 1959**
**VII-3: CIWS: Soviet Policy on Berlin and Germany, 11 May 1961**
**VII-4: SNIE 2-61: Soviet and Other Reactions to Various Courses of Action Regarding Berlin, 13 June 1961**
**VII-5: Oleg Penkovskiy: Meeting No. 23, 28 July 1961**
**VII-6: CIWS: Berlin, 17 August 1961**
**VII-7: SNIE 11-10-61: Soviet Tactics in the Berlin Crisis, 24 August 1961**
**VII-8: CIWS: Berlin, 24 August 1961**
**VII-9: CIWS: Berlin, 7 September 1961**
**VII-10: Memorandum for Washington on Berlin, 14 September 1961**
**VII-11: Penkovskiy, Meeting No. 31, 22 September 1961, paras. 17-25**
**VII-12: Memorandum for the Record: Subject: Conversation with Mr. Helms Re [redacted] Report on Large-Scale Soviet Military Preparations, 26 September 1961**
**VII-13: SNIE 11-10/1-61: Soviet Tactics on the Berlin Crisis, 5 October 1961**
**VII-14: Dispatch: Berlin Since 13 August, 6 November 1961**
**VII-15: Memorandum for the DCI: Subject: Survivability of West Berlin in the Event of a Soviet Blockade in response to the Blockade of Cuba, 23 October 1962**
The editor of this volume has been given free access to official documents. He alone is responsible for the statements made and the views expressed.
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